Trapper&#39;s tool



w. n. LAZENBY.

TRAPPER'S TO0I... APPLICTINI 'FILED APR. 9. |920'.

1,369,750, Patented m2251921.

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WRLAZENBY @mM/@diff y @fw M framers UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. LAZENBY, OF HARDIN, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'l' PATENT* oar-ics.

O FRANK CLARK, OF HAR/DIN, MONTANA.

TRAPPERS TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

f Patentedreb. 22, 1921.

Application med Aprile, 1920.l serial No. 372,511.

To all 'whom t may concern.' l

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. LAZENBY, a citizen of the'United States, and resident of Hardin, in the county of Big Horn and 'State of Montana, have invented new and Improved Tra pers Tools, of which the following is a ful clear, and exact description. Y

for the reception of a trap anchor and a marking tool Afor inscribing. a ymark concentric with said well whereby .to provide al working outline for the excavation of a depresslon to receive the trap proper.. v

A further object. of the invention 1s to provide a tool includino means `for revolving the same after 1t has kbeen driven intothe' earth,the same. also serving as a means for positioning or removing the trap anchor fromr the well. Y

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tool which includes means for tamping the earth within the wellA to securely anchor the trap anchoring means therein. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a folding tool, the several parts of which are capable `of being nested to oc` cupy a minimum amount of space and which when in folded condition rotects the pointed yend'of the driving shan With these and other objects in -view v*whichwill'be more readily apparent hereafter reference lis made to thel following description, claims and accompanying drawsy ings forming a part of the application, vin which- L.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the tool. t Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the use of the same in forming the anchor Well `and showing the arm in position for inscribing the mark for outlining the trap receiving depression. j

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of'Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal'sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5V is a 'detailed sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

v While the tool is especially constructed and designedjfor use in connection with the trap `and* anchor illustrated and described in my co-ending.` application for Letters Patent of nited States, filed February 3rd, 1920, and bearing Serial' No. 356,098, it is not necessarily limitedy to such a use but is intended as a means for preparing a well for any form of anchor and a concentric depression for any ype of trap ,which maybe applicable thereto. f

Referring tov the drawings'by characters of reference which denote like parts throughoutl the several view thereof l0 designates construction as illustrated but which maybe solid if desired, the purpose of thefhollow a shank `which is preferably of cylindrical formation being'merely to reduce the weightV of the same. n. This shank is preferably provided 'with a closedend terminating' in a pointed extremity 11.y The opposite end is preferably enlarged to provide ajjcylind'rical head 12,` the juncture of thesame with the shank forming an annular shoulder- 1 3 which receives a disk 14. Diametrically 0pposed apertures 1`5are provided in the head 12 and a removable driving head 16 is adapt-A ed to bev received by the head 12, the same having a transverse opening 17'. An armlS f y is provided and is bifurcated at "19, theeX-` tremities of the Vfurcations thereof being providedwith alined apertures 20. `A pivot bolt 21 is adapted tobe passed through fthe aperturesv 15 and v2() `and the opening 17 whereby to pivotallv secure the arm 18 to' lthe head of the shank and retain thefdriving head 16 within the cylindricalfhead112.

The free extremity'l ofthe arm 18is pro'- videdwith afoot 22 which depends there-Q.

from andis. preferably provided with a Nkey hole slot 23. Diametrically opposed ribs24 are provided on andl extend.r from the peripheryof the shank 10. i

In use ofthe device the pointed end of the shank is driven into the earth until the pivot bolt 21 is approximately on the level with the surface of the ground. The arm 18 is then used to rotate the shank 10 to permit the ribs 24 to loosen the earth as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4L of the drawings. At the same time the foot 22 is permitted to engage the ground to describe a concentric circular' mark Which provides a vvorkL ing outline for the excavation ofa depression for the reception of the trap. Several revolutions of the shank will loosen theV earth in the Well formed thereby sufficiently to permit of the lready Withdrawal Vof the shank therefrom. The arm 18 may then be used to position the trap anchor within the well by engaging the keyhole slot of the foot over the rod of the anchor adjacent the anchor plate which isthen forced down- Wardly to the bottom of the Well. The foot may then beutilized as a tamper to bury and pack the earthover the anchor plate and about therod. The foot may also be utilized as a means forremoving the an- Chor, the shank 10 in this instance serving as a handle and if necessary as a lever by removing the removable driving head 16 andin'serting a suitable bar, a gun barrel or a` limb in the cylindrical head.` It is also possible to replace the removable head 16 by a new one vafter the same has become Wornv or damaged. v

' o While there has been illustrated and de'- ters' Patent ;v is,

avingthus described my invention, what I claimas new and desire tosecure by Let- 1. In a tool of the character described, a

4member adapted to enter the ground for formingy an anchor Vreceiving Well, `anarmV s'ecuredrthereto forfrotating thesame, means at the freeext'remity'of said arm adapted to engage the ground for describing a mark Aconcentric with the Well upon rotation ofV said'arm land member.`

'l 2v. In a tool of the'charaGterdeScribed, a rotatable ground perforating member, an arm pivotedcthereto for rotating the same,

means 'at the free extremity of the arm adapted to engage ,thev surface of the ground for describing a circular markfconcentric 6o upon: rotation of fthe, same therein, said ltvi'th the opening formed by the member means serving also asa means for positionlng and removing an anchorin theopening. 3. In a tool of the character descrlbed, a

rotatable ground perforating member, an arm pivotedthereto for rotating the same, means at the free extremity of the arm adapted to engage the surface of the ground for describing a circular mark concentric With vthe opening formed by the member upon rotation of the same therein, said means serving also' as a means for positionl ing and removing an anchor in the opening,

able head forr'securing the head inV place f and pivotally associating the arm therewith.

n 5. A device `of the character ,described comprising a tool shank, a driving head, an arm, means for pivoting the arm to the shank, said means also serving to secure the head thereto, a' foot at thelfree'endof the arm constituting means adaptedto engage with the ground for ,describing a cir- Ycular mark KLconcentric with the ground opening when the shank 1s arranged and rotated therein, and serving as anv anchorpositioxr ing and removing means adapted to enter said opening, saidarm being also adapted to` be folded to a position parallel vvith the shank whereby the foot VWill cover and protect the pointed end of said shank.`

6. A tool comprising a shank,a pointed extremity ladapted to enter the ground, a driving head at its opposite extremity,'a radially extending armpivoted transversely to the head and a portion formed at the free end of the arm 4adapted to engage the groundV surface to describe a circular mark concentric 'With' the Well formed by the shank, theportion also serving as a-p'means yforl'aositioning and removing a trap anchor in the Well and tamping the earth therein.

7. A tool of the .character described coinprising afheade'd shank havingV a pointed extremityat its opposite end and longitudinal ribs, and means secured thereto for rotating the shank after the same is driven into the groundrto permit the ribsto loosen the earth about the shankwhereby a ready j 'removal' of the shank from its self Informed opening 'may be effected.

. 8. A tool `comprising a tubular shankhavl ing a closed `end provided WithaV` pointed extremity,l an enlarged tubular headat lthe opposite end thereof, the juncture" of the bore of'said head Withtlie bore of the "shank constituting an internal annular shoulder, in and a bolt adapted to be received by the a disk supported by said shoulder, constiopening in the removable head, and the aptutng a bottom Wallv for the tubular head, ertures in the tubular head and the furca- 10 said head having diametrically opposed aptions for securing the removable' head Within ertures, a bifurcated varm having alined apthe tubular head and pvotally supporting ertures in the fureatons thereof, a removthe arm therefrom. Y

able head having a transverse openingthere- WILLIAM R. LAZENBY. 

